Newsletter No 9 / 10 August 2018

NEWSLETTER 9 10 August 2018 Coming Events: Week 3 Sat 11 Aug Auckland Jazz Competition Finals <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sun 12 </li><li style="flex:1">Tree Planting at Lynfield College by HERC </li></ul>Week 4 Tue 14 13HOS - NZ Hospitality Championship, ASB Showgrounds Lynfield College Wellbeing Hui 2.30 – 4pm, Hall 11GEO Inter-School Geography Quiz Lynfield College Music Department Jazz & Soul Concert 7pm Hall PISA Testing Y11 PILOT Wed 15 Thu 16 Progress Conferences (A – L) 4 – 7pm TEACHER ONLY DAY – there are no classes for students on this day 12&13PAD – Xero trip VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Onehunga High School Shinagawa Summer School Students depart 13GEO/TOU Rotorua trip departs Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Week 5 Mon 20 13GEO/TOU Rotorua trip returns Japan trip parents information evening 6.30 – 7.30pm Staffroom Progress Conferences (M – Z) 4 – 7pm 12ESS Stardome trip Tue 21 Wed 22 Senior Course Selection forms due today NZSS Winter Tournament meeting 7 – 9pm Staffroom Mathex Quiz Evening, ASB Stadium, Kohimarama 12OED – Pinnacles walk, Coromandel Senior Quizzex, lunchtime in the Hall Thu 23 – Fri 24 Fri 24 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Week 6 Mon 27 </li><li style="flex:1">In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments </li></ul>during school time Cancer Awareness Week 12&13CLA – Massey University, Albany Campus CoL Kahui Ako – Urban Growth Information Evening 4 – 5.30pm Hall <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Shave for a Cure </li><li style="flex:1">Wed 29 </li></ul>GEO Scholarship Workshop 4 – 6.30pm, University of Auckland Thu 30 Fri 31 NIWA Science Fair Daffodil Day Sat 1 Sep VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Lynfield College Hall <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Week 7 Mon 3 </li><li style="flex:1">In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments </li></ul>during school time Tongan Language Week NZSS Winter Tournament Week Wed 5 Fri 7 2019 Y9 out of zone applications close 5pm 13MUS Performance Evening Access-It Roadshow, Library closed P1-4 10DAN – UNITEC Dance Studio <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Week 8 Mon 8 </li><li style="flex:1">In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments </li></ul>during school time MĀORI LANGUAGE WEEK – Kia kaha te Reo Māori SENIOR ASSESSMENT BEGINS (12 – 21 Sep) 2019 Y9 out of zone applications ballot date VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Kristin School Wed 12 Sat 15 Dear Parents/Caregivers This has been a year of anniversaries with the Lynfield College 60th Reunion in June and the Auckland Shinagawa (Japan) sister city relationship 25th anniversary in July. Last week the Director of International Students Gill Austin and I joined the celebrations in Tokyo. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff hosted a function at the New Zealand Embassy and Shinagawa Mayor Hamano hosted a formal exchange of gifts where an agreement to continue the relationship was signed. Mayor Goff acknowledged Lynfield College as being the ‘glue’ that has kept the relationship alive. We send students to Shinagawa every second year (the next exchange departs in September) and two teachers every year during the summer holidays. We host a group of 30 students from Shinagawa every August. Our thanks go to the host families who make this exchange possible. In week 10 of Term 2 a cultural exchange group travelled to Rarotonga Island. Ten senior Te Reo Māori and Kapa Haka students, accompanied by Whaea Leauga and Whaea TeBay, were hosted by Tereora College. Activities during the week included an island tour, cultural performances, markets, food preparation, weaving, learning to play the drums and do the ‘ura pa’u. It was a very successful cultural exchange and we look forward to being able to host a group from Tereora College in the future. Course Selection for 2019 Term 3 has particular importance for senior student achievement. Course selection for 2019 began last week, with presentations in Year 10, 11 and 12 assemblies, where students were issued with copies of the senior course information booklet and briefed on the importance of making careful and informed choices and were encouraged to talk to their subject teachers about which courses to take. I would urge parents and caregivers to spend time discussing possible courses with their child, while being guided by the important qualifications, awards and prerequisite information contained in the 2019 senior course information booklet. Year 9 students received their 2019 course information booklets this week. Electronic copies of both 2019 course information booklets are available on the website. Year 10, 11 and 12 students must give their completed course selection forms to Form Teachers before Wednesday 22 August and Year 9 students must give their completed forms to Form Teachers before Tuesday 28 August. Parents are encouraged to enter their child’s selections on the Course Selection function of the Parent Portal, which is now open. If you have been unable to do this, please indicate that on the form. We are using the two systems simultaneously this year, with the backup of a paper copy. The Course Selection function on the portal will close on these due dates. Login and password reminders were sent by email after the senior course information booklets were issued. Progress Conference Evenings The progress conference evenings are on Thursday 16 and Tuesday 21 August from 4 – 7pm for all year levels. This is an opportunity to get feedback on your child’s progress and find out what work may need to be done for successful results in the senior exams that begin in Week 8 of this term, Wednesday 12 to Friday 21 September. Further information is contained in this newsletter about booking interview times online. ALL students will be released at 2.20pm on both these days. Kiwi Coaches Mangere Bridge bus will depart at 2.30pm. The Titirangi bus will depart at the usual time. The College Library will be open for any students who need to wait for buses. Student Leadership 2019 Elections Expression of interest forms are now available from Mrs Clark’s office for Year 11 and 12 students who would like to be considered for a leadership position in 2019. Students have until Monday 13 August to submit an application form to Mrs Clark. Electronic speeches are due to Mrs Clark by 3.10pm Monday 20 August. Applicants’ speeches and electronic voting will take place at the Year 12 and Year 11 assemblies in Week 10. Student Representative, Board of Trustees 2018 – 2019 Students are invited to nominate themselves or another student to be the Student Representative on the Board of Trustees for 2018 – 2019. The role of the student representative is to provide input to the BOT, based on the perspectives of the students they represent. They can make valuable contributions to decisions that affect the strategic direction of the school. Nomination forms and additional information are available from the Returning Officer, Mr Waddington. Nominations will close at noon on Tuesday 11 September and the election will be held during Week 10. Results will be announced Monday 1 October. C M Knell Principal TEACHER ONLY DAY Friday 17 August This is a day of professional development and planning for teaching staff and there will be no classes for students. Normal school timetable resumes on Monday 20 August. PLEASE SEE OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS – ON THE WEBSITE AND PARENT PORTAL <a href="/goto?url=https://lynfield.mystudent.school.nz/calendar" target="_blank">https://lynfield.mystudent.school.nz/calendar </a>Enrolment Process for 2019 Enrolments are now being taken for Year 9/2019 home zone students and out of zone categories 2, 3, 4 & 5 students. Category 2 (siblings of current students) Category 3 (siblings of past students) Category 4 (children of past students) Category 5 (children of Board employees) Enrolments can be made between 8.00 – 11am and 3.15 – 4.30pm Monday to Friday, no appointment necessary. Year 9 Category 6 out of zone applications close 5.00pm, Wednesday 5 September (ballot date 12 September). Year 10 – 13 Category 6 out of zone applications close Tuesday 16 October 2018 (ballot date 17 October). Enrolment packs are available from our reception desk. More detailed information about enrolment is available from our website <a href="/goto?url=http://www.lynfield.school.nz/Enrolment.html" target="_blank">http://www.lynfield.school.nz/Enrolment.html </a>Recent Student Extra-curricular Success Congratulations to the following students: Concert Band and Big Band performed at the Rhapsody Rotorua Festival at the end of Term 2, winning Gold and Silver awards respectively. Breyton Davison (Y13) was on What Now TV2 for his midget racing speedway achievements. Justin Chen (Y9) has been invited to compete at the Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships in Nashville USA this month. This is Justin’s fourth year of attending this event. Matt Holden (Y12) and his band Silvera have made it into the top 6 bands at the 2018 Smokefreerockquest. Shyla Mani (Y12) was accepted into the New York Times Summer School programme (August). ICAS Digital Technologies results: Y9 Distinction – Sarka Ludvigova, Eesha Mahimkar Y9 Credit – Shaan Manilal Year 10 Credit – Saifullah Imran Year 10 Merit – Revati Ekbote Year 11 High Distinction – Puja Laxman Year 11 Distinction – Frank Situ Year 11 Credit – Prashant Patel, Amita Joshi, Harshil Pandya, Kimberly Saldanha, Harashi Dev, Iris Huang, Nariska Patel, Aditya Shenoy, Hayden Jiang Year 11 Merit – Isha Singh Year 12 Indian Dance group received the Most Creative Award at the Rockers Bollywood High School Dance Competition Saturday 4 August (Shivani Kumar, Sheenal Singh, Alisha Bhana, Pritika Patel, Kounain Ahmed, Reet Banga, Vishesh Azad, Vedant Kaduskar, Joshua D’Souza, John Tallent, Hyrum Chandra and Sarish Kumar). Student Leader Profile – Social Co-ordinators Kia Ora from your 2018 Social Co-ordinators, Rebman Evening and Hannah Woolford. We are very honoured to be selected into this role, and are very grateful for this opportunity. The support from teachers, students, the rest of the Student Executive and even parents is incomparable; it makes our job so much more rewarding and worthwhile. Organising the annual school ball was our biggest priority this year. We started off selecting a ball committee, with the help of the Head and Deputy students, as well as the wonderful Mrs Clark. We worked together really hard over terms 1 and 2 to plan and organise another highly successful ball, with the theme ‘A Night of a Thousand Lights’ held at Ellerslie Events Centre on the 20th of July. Organising and choosing a theme, supporting decorations, music and even awards for the night all had their challenges, but the Ball Committee worked very hard to make sure everything ran smoothly on the night. From the long lunchtime meetings, that were close to everyday by the end of Term 2. Seeing all our hard work finally pay off was amazing. We would like to extend a huge thank you to the Ball Committee, as without them we could not have organised such a successful night. For us, our next task is planning the Leavers Dinner for the Year 13 Students at the end of Term 4. The Executive theme ‘Hopu i te ra’ or ‘Catch the Sun’ will be taken into consideration, as we want to encourage Year 13s to take every opportunity thrown at them in life, as well as making the most of what life has to offer. We are so excited to be organising this event, as we want to let all the Year 13s leave high school on a positive note. We hope that our last two terms as your Social Co-ordinators and at high school are just as successful as the first two have been, and we look forward to any new opportunities we are given. We hope we have done you proud, and thanks again for giving us the chance to represent you as the 2018 Social Co-ordinators! 2018 Lynfield College Ball – Award Winners This event was held at the Ellerslie Events Centre and will be remembered by all as a fantastic evening. Thank you to the Ball Committee for the enormous amount of work they did in preparation for this wonderful event. Congratulations to this year’s award winners. Here is our website link <a href="/goto?url=https://www.lynfield.school.nz/News++Events/July+2018.html" target="_blank">https://www.lynfield.school.nz/News++Events/July+2018.html </a>Queen of the Ball (Year 13) – Lucy Zhang King of the Ball (Year 13) – Jimmy Zhang Belle of the Ball (Year 12) – Liz Li Beau of the Ball (Year 12) – Giordi Gambassi Best Dancer – Kais Azimullah Cutest Couple – Shreya Singaraju and Rishabh Baptista Best Dressed Female – Abbey Rousselle Best Dressed Male – Zariq Mohammed Best Dressed Teacher – Mr Welsh Celebrating Cook Islands Week Last week we celebrated Cook Island Language Week with lunchtime activities in our marae, such as ‘ei katu making (head lei) and dance lessons. WELL DONE LYNFIELD COLLEGE STUDENTS! Progress Conferences - Booking Parent Interview Times Online Progress Conference evenings are to be held at Lynfield College on Thursday 16 August (A – L) and Tuesday 21 August (M – Z) from 4 – 7pm. Online booking sheets were issued to all students on Wednesday 8 August. These sheets should help you set the interview times with the teachers you wish to meet. Online bookings offer you as parents the opportunity to directly select the time at which you wish to meet teachers. The School Interview Site opened at 2.00pm Wednesday 8 August and closes at 9.00am on the first day of progress conferences, Thursday 16 August. It then reopens for further bookings for the second progress conferences, closing finally at 9.00am on Tuesday 21 August. Once logged in, there are three simple steps to follow in order to complete the booking process. The information sheet given to students includes a printed copy of their courses and teachers' codes; this information is used to ensure you make interview times with the relevant staff. Parents should print out the email confirmation and bring it to the interview to enable the booking times to be followed. Any parents unable to access the booking website should complete the manual booking slip on the instruction sheet and send this back to the school office with their child. Receptionist staff will also be able to make bookings through the school office number - phone 627 0600. The exact times for the interviews will be confirmed either by email or on the student’s slip. PLEASE NOTE: The surname alphabetical indication for progress conferences is merely a guide to help balance numbers over the two evenings. If you are unable to attend OR unable to make an appointment with a teacher on a particular evening, please feel free to book for the other evening. We trust you will continue to find the on-line interview bookings efficient - it has certainly ensured Progress Conferences proceed in a scheduled and timely manner. Any feedback or queries can be addressed to Deputy Principal Mr Steve Mouldey on 6270600 ext 709. Please note these changes to our Uniform Shop trading hours for the last 2 weeks of Term 3 The shop will be closed on Friday 14 September. From Monday 17 to Friday 28 September the shop will be open reduced hours, 12.00 – 1.30pm daily. Normal hours will resume in Term 4 NZQA Fees and Financial Assistance – Final fees deadline 31 August Are you eligible for financial assistance? NZQA fees appear on the portal, along with other fees. Some students will have an additional fee for recent Scholarship entries. The base fee for domestic students is $76.70 (regardless of the number of standards entered) and $383.30 for international students. The fee can be paid by credit card online or by Direct Credit into the school’s bank account with your student’s ID as a reference. Account details are: Lynfield College Board of Trustees A/C 12 3049 0248027 00 Previously we indicated that the target for payment was the end of Term 2 (6 July). THE COLLEGE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT PAYMENT OF NZQA FEES AFTER 31 AUGUST. After that date payments will have to be made directly to NZQA. Financial assistance is available on completion of an application form, available from the Deans’ Secretary or Mr Delgrosso’s Office. The application form is also available at: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/Application-For-Financial-Assistance.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/Application-For-Financial-Assistance.pdf </a>If you received financial assistance last year, it does not automatically carry over. A new application form must be completed each year. Completed forms should be returned to Mr Delgrosso’s office. It is helpful if the reduced fee is paid when the form is returned. Financial assistance reduces the fee to $20 per candidate or $30 per family. This fee also covers Scholarship entries. To be eligible to apply for financial assistance you must be the fee-payer (usually the Parent/Caregiver) and meet at least one of the following criteria: Be currently receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit, or have a current Community Services Card (known as “benefit-based” applications). Are not currently receiving a benefit, or do not have a current Community Services Card, but do have a joint famil<a href="/goto?url=http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/entry-into-ncea/fees-for-ncea/financial-assistance/#note1" target="_blank">y1 </a>income that would entitle you to receive a Community Services Card (known as “income-based” applications). Have two or more children who are candidates, irrespective of family income, and the total fees you would have to pay would otherwise be more than the $200 multiple candidate maximum (known as “multiple candidate” applications). [In effect, this means three or more children who are candidates as two candidates generate combined fees of $153.40, which is below the $200 threshold. If Scholarship entries are involved, the fees for two candidates may exceed $200.] More details are available at: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/entry-into-ncea/fees-for-ncea/financial-assistance/" target="_blank">http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/entry-into-ncea/fees-for-ncea/financial-assistance/ </a>If you have any questions, please contact Mr Delgrosso – Phone 627 0600 Ext 728 o<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">r </a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Cup / Trophy Return If you have a cup or trophy which was awarded in 2017 (at Festival Awards, Senior or Junior prizegivings), please return them to the main reception in the Admin Building URGENTLY. It is NOT necessary to polish cups before their return. Thank you. SPORTS SCENE House Competition House netball is now under way with seniors starting this week and juniors selecting their teams for their competition, which will follow on from the senior one. With the points table locked up, this is looking to be a very tough battle. Mt Maunganui Exchange The annual Lynfield / Mt Maunganui sports exchange took place at Lynfield on Thursday 9 August – fortunately a beautiful sunny day! This exchange has been a highlight on the sporting calendars of both schools for 58 years. The top teams in 7 codes competed for the overall trophy based on the number of games won and lost. Most games were played at school although hockey, squash and water polo were held at facilities off site. There is always intense rivalry…...and a lot of fun. It was great to see ex-students come along to support these teams and in particular, good to see Grace Kukutai who now plays in the Mystics netball franchise. This year Mt Maunganui won the overall trophy but Lynfield won the Lynmount trophy for rugby. Congratulations to our students for their fantastic sportsmanship. They were in every sense one big Lynfield team who had an awesome sports day they will remember for many years. Results as follows (L = loss, W = win): <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Squash </li><li style="flex:1">L</li></ul>LLLWW<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Debating </li><li style="flex:1">W</li></ul>LLWWL Basketball – Girls Football – Boys Waterpolo Netball Prem 1 Hockey – Boys Basketball – Boys Football – Girls Rugby Netball Prem 2 Hockey – Girls This is the first time for many years that we have won both netball games! World Champions Two of our ex-students have just become World Champions: Maddi Wesche (Y13, 2017) won the World Junior (U20) Women’s Shot Put when she threw a personal best at the Worlds in Finland. Tyla Nathan-Wong (Y13, 2012) created history as a member of the NZ Womens 7s team, which is the first rugby team to win back-to-back World 7s titles.

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